JY
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New Zealand cricketer
A.K.A.
John Gordon Young
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Male
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Birth:
19 February 1901(Christchurch, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealand)
Death:
20 March 1949(Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
John Gordon Young (19 February 1901 – 20 March 1949) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1922 to 1924.
Career
A batsman, Young made his highest first-class score in his first match, when he scored 35 opening in the second innings against Auckland in 1921–22. In a non-first-class match for Canterbury B against Hawke's Bay in January 1920 he scored 238 not out in about 280 minutes. He was later an umpire, standing in three first-class matches in the 1930s and 1940s.
He and his wife Violet had one son. Jack died in March 1949.